Deep inside, the embers glow Ways for today come and Say they've gone around a place And now they know for sure Reaping by the side Work goes on a steady pace While making better work Come today, come yesterday How does that story go When evening comes and wind blows cold How does evening stay Right by the fireplace When everyone is gathered there By that feeling in the air Listening to the story grow Each step is placed within the Flow that takes me to the place And pauses make me go Back to the story room Like different pauses in a tune Each section placed so well Wrapped in the storyteller's spell How does that story go When days are done and they go home How do the people stay Wrapped in the story's pace How can we get back there Back to that feeling in the air

My eyes well up when I look to see I remember when the others would wait for me And whatever I'd say would be heard With utmost interest in each word So I could say whatever I'd try And then somehow, somewhere deep inside From a well would come through a door I'd say what I'd been too scared before The walls around would start to crumble As emotions pour out in a tumble All that was locked away within And the healing would begin I'd sit there in dim rooms among friends With beautiful scenes around, I'd comprehend An understanding too deep to explain But easy to get and share With whoever cared to understand I'd sit there relating song after story Of pain and of waiting, of fame and of glory Gathering up a tapestry of emotion While building up the momentum As we soar far above the ground And far beyond the time of those around I would cry for them and cry for us For not living constantly thus The walls around...

The bright lights burn round the bend And I feel alright at last The anxious wait has turned to calm As the answering has been cast The moment I hold the answer in my hand All fears and doubts dissolve With a steady step I rise up to My lab and start to solve With a rush from the right And a shove from the left I'm bounced around and mixed A voice in doubt Another removes And everything else is fixed I sit in whirls Of blending minds And keep my answers short And pressing in The needed calm Returns me to the source The wheels that grind around the bend Make my heart to start And as I meet among with friends There's a way to take a part The gathered group lifts me up As words are brought to send I see the ways we have to go And start to walk to the end With a place to start And a way to take I follow down the winding road In signs I see The way for me To carry on my load With days away And nights to seek Ways through baffling course And drawing in The needed calm Returns me to the source

What brings people together when we naturally repel Is it a magic that brings us to show our inner selves In the eyes of our beholders, do we stand and connect Does the mind possess enough power to express How can we make our thoughts agree, our hearts to stay At frequencies tuned, our feelings the same How can we release our perceptions' boundness To reveal beyond our worlds the others around us After we go and roll away the days We'll have just ourselves and our complicated ways Everything else will take what they require Rolling down mountains as we ascend higher The complication will arise and surround Till all that's heard is just one sound A simple sound, a true sound, projecting Whose waves will encompass outwards, connecting Words, when arranged, are the organized keys The way we explain our own realities Who are we when we stand united in the game We means connected, we means the same After we go... I stand on the inside of my mind Looking out with wonderment in my eyes Every day I awake to a newness unknown And every night, my eyes close After we go...

When the world gives you a chance Lets you stand up and dance And you feel all around Every eye gives you a glance These are the years that you know will grow you old These are the tears that you never knew to hold Will you walk around and show me what's to do Everything's awakening with every door I'm through Here is the reason that you stood up and shout Here is the only way for you to climb about When you see the answers pouring from the walls Everyone's disaster turned into the calls Can you hear me Can you see me Here is all I've tried to say Everything in everyway Can you show me Can you go for me Where is that answer hidden in the words Don't tell me it's hiding among the song of birds When the world lets you in Shows you where you're to begin And your head you hold up high As you walk and start to win There is the answer you stumbled through to show There is the dancer of the next tomorrow Listening to waterfalls to get yourself in tune Marking on a paper what you want to be so soon These are the places that you know will always be These are the faces that you never knew to see Did you bring your lucky star with you across the ages Did you set it down upon the blank and waiting pages Can you follow Years of sorrow Into a better way Everything in everyway Can you wake up Can't you shake up All the answers hidden in the words I know, I know, it's hiding among the song of birds

Please don't turn away Please just run along I've come to set you free I've come to sing your song Through the sky I watch the clouds roll It reminds me of a story you once told me But for the life of me I can't remember at all Except the subtle feeling that it brought me To a place of wonder Where there's never any boredom Where everything's the way it's supposed to be When you'd run to the top You'd stop to look around You'd see me catching up But I'm still on the ground Jumping up at dawns Running to the parlor A singing crowd laughs A slight of hand farther Through the sky... I found my way back Though I left back a find I tried to play back But pressed down rewind The tape had unreeled And rolled everywhere I chased down the end And ended back here Through the sky...

Riding through the woods Handlebars for each one Everyday another song Filters in and carries on Our painted scenes are drawing round Everything and every sound Like a choo-train in the sky Flying by and wondering why Ice cream cones are given out To every arm that reaches Everyday another song Tries to come and teach us Our story of our wandering Every sight and everything Like a painting in the store Gathering in and waiting for Home from school today Run outside and play Everyday another song Flutters in to show the way Our picture of the scene Our homes and everything Like a toy dropped in the sand We're always looking for a hand

The path to the candy store is filled with little holes You can drop pebbles in and wait in the cold It was told that a dragon would come forth then It would take you away and always defend A mighty castle with king and queen The most wondrous sight you've ever seen In a beautiful garden, it would set you down It would serve you a feast and not let you frown With pickles and pumpkins and blueberry pie Eat till you swell up and float to the sky And draw your eye far and wide today And tell me what you think will end this way Every single day grander than the last For yesterday's work is all in the past And the jazz-playing band will go on with the score And somewhere on a bridge, in the moonlight galore, Dreams will be broken and myths ripped apart And the drizzling rain will be just the start With a cry and a run, years will be flung And a clattering of feet in a way will be sprung In the arms of each other, everyone will weep And the happiness song will be theirs to keep And every single tear will be just as sweet As we all sing and dance aloud in the street

A single wave goes out And comes the way it went Traveling through space Received as it was sent Traveling down a wire A message miles long Played out on the radio And captured in a song Live on different stations Watch them move along Taking all emotion And put into a song Another wave goes out And messages are crossed Both go down the line And not a drop is lost Traveling down a wire...

He sits by his computer screen and types line by line His surroundings perfectly tuned to fit in with his mind He blends in with them into one work of art As he types into forever the litany of his heart He writes as memories flash across his screen He cries at lost chance and for beautiful strength seen Of those who struggled through the darkness of night To tend to him like a little light He smiles at happy memories, of feelings they evoke Remembering some little joke He sighs at the life he once had all around He wonders if he has it now as then He wonders if he could get it again He types on and on into a vortex of oceans As his mind melts beneath the tide of his emotions Sweeping him into an eternity and universal music In absolute harmony with everything in it But he sees none of this as he sits there still All he sees is the computer's window sill And the words he types across his mind One letter at a time

I was in the midst of a massive upheaval Tearing out the notes by their roots I brought my spade and my shovel Digging down, searching for truth Then suddenly, the lunch whistle blew My ax froze solid in the air Everyone went home and left back their tools And no one seemed to care I turned around to see what's the holdup I glanced behind to find a rhyme A man stood there with a smile on his lips And a look in his eyes a drop too wide And he said, "Must you play such loud music this early? The playing is nice but maybe you could dim it? The hotel guests prefer something lighter" I thought that they got it but I guess they didn't I stood there still like a frozen statue Fingers poised over the keys My mouth agape mid-syllable And my heart dropped to my knees The earth opened up a mighty chasm And into the plummet the piano reeled I said nothing but my eyes Took on a fire of steel "Must you play..." I tried to squeeze passion into those tiny notes Cramming the life force into easy streams Only musicians could hear the sorrow Crushed into that melody Pained F# minors and C# minors Crashing up and down Crying into each other F# minors and C# minors Crying into each other "Must you play..." The depths widened as I searched above Looking into the cracks in the walls With hopeful eyes but a shattered heart Trying to find a face in it all Pained F# minors... Pained F# minors...

Standing in the front is a man who stands alone His lips are never moving but his eyes never stop He's looking for an answer hidden in the wall Just beyond his grasp, the wall retains its lock I asked him what he's doing there I asked him what's his aim I asked him for an answer I asked him to explain Closing his eyes and drawing his breath He says there was a time that he used to know rest He says he was like me, just searching for the truth He says he went to find it and to return with some proof But now he says the answer is hidden in the wall He asks of me to find it and to tell him what's its call He tells me that the question that I think I have to ask Is going to propel me down a road I'll have to grasp He tells me there's an answer to the question that I fail But I must bear the outcome of whatever it entails Wall! Tell me your secrets! What can you tell me that I don't already know? Wall! Give me an answer! To find my way tell me which way to go "If you really want to know Then all you have to do is go Listen well to what I have to say Follow the path before you And signs pointing true And you will find the answer some day" I opened the door to find the way I ventured outside into the day I followed the road to just begin I decided this riddle I would win I saw a mountain standing there I saw a river cry I saw a city dancing And I saw a wall sigh Sitting in the parlor is a man who tells a story While outside the window a delivery is made The man backs up the load and puts away the lorry Just as the story's last word is laid I felt the pieces put in place Like they were teaching me Just then, a light lit up the space As my thoughts made them be Closing my eyes and listening to the sound I heard a wind whisper that I had a clue found I opened up my eyes and I saw the bridge across I sensed this was the meaning of the answer I had lost I crossed into the tunnel that appeared around me And I heard the voices past as they began to speak The pictures on the wall began to really explain Just what I was doing there and why I must remain I turned around just then as I realized the trap The wall just turned around and it began to laugh The sounds fade away as I become the wall I try to tell my secret but they cannot hear my call Wall! Take back your secrets! Why didn't you tell me what I didn't know? Wall! Take back your answers! I don't want them anymore "If you really want to go And forget what you now know Then close your eyes and wake up from this dream The answers that you heard Remember every word And you'll look back as though this only seemed" I opened my eyes and I looked around It seems to be that the way I have found I followed the road that called to me And the dream has become just a memory I heard a mountain lower its head I heard a river lie down to bed I heard a city close its eyes And I heard a wall realize Wall, wall, wake up

I tried to compose a song for you When you walked out with your heart in your hand But when the wind blew back the shades You faded away like a pillar of sand I felt the sun once on a hill And knew a feeling of being young But then a tear fell from my eye As I tried to see beyond I heard a story of a man Who was brave and caught a beast But then the story faded away When I came home and had a feast I turned to see beyond the glass I followed a hollow through the wall But when I stood and turned around My face was fixed in a desperate call I found myself in an ancient song I tried to catch the words I dreamt That sprang out free when I was young Before I found out of the end

Bluebird in the sky Tell me what went wrong Did your wings turn back on you You rode through open skies Intent on getting home But now you find that skies aren't so blue Uh-uh-oh You were taken for a ride Uh-uh-oh In open blue, blue skies My birdy went on vacation My birdy was having a celebration We're gonna go riding Right into the sunset We're gonna go flying Right through the sky Won't take a look back Won't see the sunrise We're going on We're going on the run We're growing strong and on And on Bluebird on the ground Your wings have let you down And your friends abandoned you The sun is grey and gone But you will carry on Remember when skies were so blue Uh-uh-oh You're waiting for a ride Uh-uh-oh In open blue, blue skies My birdy wants a vacation My birdy would like a celebration We're gonna go riding...

I feel so up high as I sit beneath the shade I call my own I wish upon a lonely road to walk along and feel the song I wish I knew the words for you, I wish I had a tune Just the single thing that would make everything right for you Sometimes, you want to hide Sometimes, you want to cry It's those times like these that we need Just a little of Just some of I wish I knew But what I can tell you is that All this does for me is make me see And what I saw is not at all What I think should be So just for me Just a little of Just some of I wish I knew Show me the drawing that you drew of the world you once knew Show me the song you wrote about the only feeling you think is true And later, after it's said and done, turn the sign goodbye Close the door in front of me, the last tear has been cried Sometimes, you want to hide... But I don't and all I know Is that for no reason at all It controls my very thoughts And I don't know what it is at all but please Do it for me

Well, all my friends have gone away They say I did the walking What can I say I did the walking They used to walk beside me They turned to something beside me They turned away But I keep walking on They say I did the walking And now they say I'm gone But don't you realize All this time I'm still by The places I used to take And they're still mine Don't you realize All this time I'm still by your side If you can't see me It's cuz I've stopped speaking now But if you listen right And hear a weeping sound You'll see on the dripping side My words still leaking out Every time, every time, every time You try to draw me in I've learned to deal you a perfect line If you can't understand It's not because I'm not trying It's just you think I'm lying Now nothing can change Not you nor I But you keep on trying And I'll keep walking I can't help you decide It's not that I'm not on your side It's just when you try to draw me in I've learned to deal you a perfect line Now you can't decide Well, keep walking Keep walking Well, keep walking Keep walking

I close my eyes and draw a sigh It grabs my heart and out it goes On the rivers and through tunnels Down a hall and in the holes In the garden, lying there A valid pool of thoughts to see A gathered design of what's likely Laid out for a wanderer like me And so I approach and peer carefully Over the stone and into the sea The image is dark, too dark Too dark to see clearly My reflection wavers up high With the clouds against a fine blue sky Perhaps I can make out, make out my eyes Just two lonely, lonely travelers Just two lonely travelers crying Yet in a fiery blaze blasts from the mirror a thought A future for oneself, despite the cost A surety of mission, of life, of chance To quell this battle, to become the best And to silently drift on a summer's day As station for the little ones who, though they may Who though they run and though they hide They'll come to you with tears on their eyes And a quiver of their lip will send a tear to start To fall on the ground where it'll sear your heart And they'll make their desperate request of you And you already know their wish will come true But you must let them say it how they meant it to be Finished, polished, pure, and free

I have to ask once again Would you lead me farther now All the worlds you gave to me And now I want another sound Drown me in your knowledge It's safe and tells a story You made me understand me Your art is yours to glory If you be just an artist And I your creation Learning to respond to Your craft and designation Everyone is different And no one ever knows What each other's feeling And that's just how it goes But there is a way By which we can break through We give to one another I thereby become you And when I see you standing As me and as a friend Then we'll be an artist Together once again

Besides the noise and the watching eyes An inner tremor I can't disguise A space so large the slightest crack Will bring the world in coming back When the wheels have been spun And they've finished up their run As I shake off the dust I'm the only one To come and plead My case before these As I throw out my heart And I beg on my knees Yet I know that you all give me my chance You've cleared out the floor and shown me to dance You raise me up high and my heart you return You focus the lights and all eyes to me turn What can I do as you all fall in step? I tap into my heart and the ink-flow I let The ages and pages flow down to my hands The work is created, the memoir stands Though the crack opened wide and the whole world fell in The gears unaffected and the great wheels still spin Outside I walk with hurried step To find a place no one has kept The line I drive divides the world The raging words are all I heard On the right I see the wall On the left is the great fall On the road and in the sky I can hear the call That calls to me For all eternity As the wave crashes down As I look, I can hardly see I race up the hill to see what I'll find I call to a friend that he start to climb We stand at the edge and we give a look We recall the scene to put into the book We run down the slope to trees in the valley The scene we imagined down some darkened alley The river of water gives life to the place The size of the time and speed of the space We behold all of this in a crystal ball We hold in our hand the dream of it all Inside that moment once in time When the edge was reached of that fateful line They gave each other one more glance And knew that now there's no more chance As the world falls to the ground They take one step and turn around Then they throw the bag to me With everything they found Across the sea And all memory And they've brought back my heart And at last, I have the key I open the bag and discover the truth I find all of the years that I kept as a youth The rivers of the world flow unto me Bringing the treasures I hoped I would keep I look all arund with a tear in my eye Happy at last with the years I would find With arms that can reach out and take anything With a look and a nod, they go and they bring Though the war is over and the whole world fell asleep I stand and hold the torch so high with feelings oh so deep

Can I just look back upon the day Will the light make me feel around or away Can't I smile in my heart when I hear When the light comes around, takes away my fear My eyes behold just one need Time will tell what we will see Can't we say we'll find a way Look back on what we never dream To find a way for me to be Time will tell the dream to me Can't we stay within the day That tells the dream what we now see If I look and hear a smile way back Will I think in my heart of a need or lack If I saw a dream, will one day I know Will I see the light path upon which way I go My eyes behold...